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On the title song of his most recent studio album, Joe Ely sings, "It's been a long time comin', but I'm satisfied at last."
But don't get any wrong ideas. The peripatetic Texas singer-songwriter, whose travels will bring him to the...

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People, places and things that make Hampton Roads famous: Presidents, celebrities and more
Hampton Roads is known around the world for its people — as being from here, as a come-here, or for just passing through — as...

"It might sound crazy what I'm about to say." — Pharrell Williams, "Happy"
Virginia is a lyrical place to live and work. From the Shenandoah Mountains to here in Hampton Roads, the commonwealth inspires great music and we should...

Gary U.S. Bonds is glad to be home in Norfolk.
"I love it when I can make it down here, because that's when I can eat some crabs," Bonds said with a laugh.
Yes, he says, you can get crabs up in New York, where he has lived for many...

The Naro Expanded Cinema in Norfolk opens a movie tonight that celebrates talent outside the spotlight. The documentary "20 Steps From Stardom" tells the story of some of America's great backup singers.
"Millions know their voices, but...

The Phish jam-rock band is returning to the Hampton Coliseum Oct. 18-20. It's to be the latest in a series of key musical moments in the life of a legendary, 43-year building. I've been around to cover 19 of those years. Here are five memorable shows from...

Norfolk's own Gary U.S. Bonds will be back in his hometown July 5 to play a free party on Granby Street. Concert promoter Bill Reid said that the show will kick off a street party series to be called First Fridays.
"This is to try and bring some...

Jake Clemons, who spent some time living in Virginia Beach and who more recently has been touring the world playing sax with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, seems to be ramping up his solo career.
Clemons is nephew of the late, great Clarence...

It's not every day that a former Christopher Newport University student gets to rock out on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," but today is that day. Jake Hull, a multi-instrumentalist formerly with the band Momentary Prophets, will be part of...

Link Wray, one of rock 'n' roll's original guitar heroes, is on the ballot for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Wray has ties to Hampton Roads that stretch back decades and forward to the present day.
His daughter, Beth Wray Webb, lives...

It's starting to look like a huge summer for Farm Bureau Live amphitheater in Virginia Beach. In addition to previously unveiled shows by Elton John, Jimmy Buffett and Dave Matthews, promoters announced Monday that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street...

As reported this morning by Daily Press staffer and Bruce Springsteen enthusiast Mike Holtzclaw, Norfolk in January will host a pair of events paying tribute to the late sax player Clarence Clemons.
Clemons, a key member of Springsteen's E Street Band...

Clarence Clemons, aka The Big Man, sax player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, has suffered a stroke, the Associated Press reports. Clemons, 69, was born in Norfolk County -- in an area that's now the city of Chesapeake -- in 1942. He reportedly...

It looks like Portsmouth is gaining a reputation as a great place to see a Phish show.The band's return to the nTelos Pavilion at Harbor Center on Sunday, June 19, was described as something special by Phish heads, who traveled from far and near to...

Daily Press resident Bruce Springsteen expert Mike Holtzclaw offered this look at key moments from Clarence Clemons' musical life as the right hand man to The Boss. ***********Ten Bruce Springsteen recordings to check out if you want to get a feel...

Bright Eyes, the indie-rock band led by singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, will return to The NorVa in Norfolk on Saturday, Sept. 3, promoters announced this week.
The group headlined The NorVa back in January of 2005. At that point, Oberst was being hailed...

Rock 'n' roll sax player Clarence Clemons, known as The Big Man among countless Bruce Springsteen fans, died June 18 from complications of a stroke. Clemons was a native of the Norfolk area and he still has friends and relatives in the region. A...

"I’m coming down off the cloud. It'll take me a few days, but I expect I’ll get there," said 71-year-old drummer Dickie Harrell, who, as part of Gene Vincent's original band, was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame on Saturday.A number of the...